On 2 Dec, 09:20, "Capt. Deltic" wrote:
On 1 Dec, 11:55, "Andrew Heenan" wrote:

"Matthew Dickinson" wrote ...

Two interesting documents:
http://www.publications.parliament.u...ect/cmtran/84/...
http://www.lafabriquedelacite.com/fa...ata.nsf/838412...

Well worth reading Roger Ford's not-too-technical discussion in December's
Modern Railways; looks like it's a story that will run well into 2010, if
not the fabled 2012 Olympics
--

Andrew

That 'not too technical ' made my morning Matthew.

It was intended as a general piece to bring readers up to date ready
for a lot of coverage in 2009 - including some techie stuff!

That was actually Andrew's comment...

The most interesting item in the document is I think TfL's intention
to move away from actually holding money and issuing cards.
Instead, the plan is to use passengers own contactless credit or debit
cards, NFC mobile phones or 'trusted' ITSO cards to maintain accounts
(with capping and seasons processed at the back office instead of at
the ticket gates).